Forced to flee his home by a cruel aristocrat, 13-year-old Leo must leave his poverty-stricken family behind and make his way through war-torn Poland in 1870 as he desperately heads to America.

From the Publisher:A runaway's fearless determination is brought to life in a timeless adventure that finds 13-year-old Leo being forced to flee his war-torn home by a cruel aristocrat in 1870 Poland, leaving his poverty-stricken family behind--his only mission to find his way to America, a place across the sea of which he's heard, where he can earn enough money to save his family and make a new home for himself. Original.